A successful first CARAS Webinar

On March 21, 2020, eighteen people participated in the inaugural webinar with Dr. Sagarin, professor of social and evolutionary psychology at Northern Illinois University and Research Team Leader in The Science of BDSM lab, who shared valuable insights regarding the peer review process of journal publications.

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CARAS Webinar Series Launches March 21, 2020

Dr. Brad Sagarin, from the Department of Psychology at Northern Illinois Universiy, head of the Science of BDSM lab, will present on lessons learned when publishing the article

Ambler, J. K., Lee, E. M., Klement, K. R., Loewald, T., Comber, E. M., Hanson, S. A., Cutler, B., Cutler, N., & Sagarin, B. J. (2017). Consensual BDSM facilitates role specific altered states of consciousness: A preliminary study. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4, 75-91.

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MOTE - Multiplicity of the Erotic conference in 2021

May 2019 was the debut of a new effort, a new conference:  Multiplicity of the Erotic.  This is a collaborative project between organizations to promote clinical training and research on sexualities that are often stigmatized and marginalized.  CARAS is one of the organizing partners, along with PASD (Programs Advancing Sexual Diversity) at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and TASHRA (The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance) in San Francisco.

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CARAS supports the Kink Clinical Practice Guidelines project

For the past two years, a team has been working on creating updated, state-of-the-art clinical practice guidelines for therapists and counselors who are working with kink-involved clients.

By creating these practice guidelines, we hope to move the entire field of mental  health  further towards providing competent care to these people we care so much about. 

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